The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-02-09

was adopted.
Anderson offered an amendment to be
known as section 8, which was adopted
Mantle offered an amendment to be
section 4. This brought forth
some speeches and Mantle spoke in sup
port of his amendment.
Anderson supported Mantle's amend
ment and was in favor of making the
law even more binding than the one
proposed, by prohibiting the sale of
liquors in houses of prostitution and
other low and degrading,places. Mantle's
amendment was adopted and the bill
as amended by the committee reads as
follows:
An act to prohibit the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors in certain places.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assemb-
ly of the Territory of Montana:
Section l. 1t shall hereafter be unlaw-
full in this territory for any person or
persons, company, association, firm or
corporation, to sell or to give away, or to
deliver any malt vinous, spirituous or
intoxicating liquors of any nature, in
any variety theatre or variety show, or
any place wherein is operated, conducted
or played any dramatic. operatic, min
strel, vaudeville, sketch acts or theatrical
play or performances.
Sec. 2. That hereafter it shall be un-
lawful for any person, persons, company
or corporation to sell or dispose of any
spirituous, vinous Or malt liquor in any
room, hall or other place where women
or minors are employed or are allowed
to assemble for the purpose of the busi-
ness therein carried on.
Sec. 8. That hereafter it shall be un-
lawful for any person, company or cor
poration to sell or dispose of any
spirituous, vinous or malt liquor in any
room or other place wherein is carried
on any gambling or other game in which
money or other valuable thing is hazar.
ded.
Sec. 4. That hereafter it shall be un.
lawful for any person or persons, COM
pany or corporation to sell or dispose Of
any spirituous, vinous or malt liquor in
any public concert room, music hall ol
other place where instrumental or vocal
music is practiced or carried on.
Sec. 5. 1t shall hereafter be unlawful
in this territory, for any person or per.
sons, company, association, firm or cor.
poration, to sell, or to give away or to
deliver any malt, vinious, spirituous, o,
intoxicating liquors of any nature, in
any nall or room where public dancing
is engaged in.
Sec. 6. Any person violating any o.
the provisions ofthis act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
yiction thereof shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars, nor more thar
three hundred dollars and cost o.
prosecution; or imprisonment in the
county Jail not less than thirty days
nor more than three months, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 7. All fines collected under the
provisions of this act, shall be paid into
the county treasury for the use and
benefit of the common school fund Of
the county in which the offense was
committed.
Sec. 8. That'this act be in force from
and after the 1st day Of July, 1887.
Sec. 9. All acts and parts of acts in
conflict with this act be, and the same
are hereby repealed.
| The report of DR.. Mitchell, contractor
for the care of the territorial insane, wai
handed to the council by Gov. Hauser
1t is Of considerable length. S
On January l. 1885, there was 81 ia
tients. On January ], 1887, there wer'
l2l. During the two years intervening
between those two dates there were ad
mitted 1876 patients and discF arged, diet
or ESCAPED, l05, leaving the number re
+ naming as above stated. The death
during the term were IL, of whom
were burned to death; the escapes wer
A and the discharged SO, of whom g
were discharged recovered. The repor
enters at length into comparative an
general statistics, showing the percen
tage of admissions, deaths, and recov
cries in the Montana asylum as compare,
1 with those in other snstitutions. Tn
, comparison is very favorable. The re
r port Alison shows the causes of insanit
/ among the patients, their nativity an
8 their occupations and ages, The repol
is valuable one and should be printe
/. for public information.